Machine for making roofing-strip.



C. A. WIANT.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ROOFING STRIPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, I915- 1,173,470, Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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Attorneys,

Witnesses 7?, of 7 W C. A. WIANT.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ROOFING STRIPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4,1915. I

Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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Attorneys,

Witnesses CHARLES A. WIANT, OF WELLINGTON, KANSAS.

MACHINE FOBJVIAKING ROOFING-STRIP.

Application filed March 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. WIANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVellington, in the county of Sumner and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Machine for Making Roofing-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed in the manufacture of a batten strip of the sort used in connection with the meeting edges of roof boards, the meeting edges of siding boards and under other conditions calling for a strip or batten.

The present invention aims to provide novel means whereby the crown of the batten strip is shaped and held: to provide novel means for contracting and bending the side portions of the batten strip to form a. reduced neck therein and to form base flanges: and to provide a novel mechanism whereby the various working parts of the machine are operated and controlled.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present disclosure appertains.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows the invention in end elevation; Fig. 2 is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a front elevation wherein sundry parts are broken away and sectioned; Fig. 5 is a perspective depicting a portion of the batten strip which the machine disclosed in this application produces.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a supportv denoted generally by the numeral 1 and of any desired form. The support 1 may embody opposed side plates 2 connected adjacent their lower ends by a platform 3 and connected adjacent their upper ends by an anvil 4 comprising a base 5, an upstanding web 6 and a head 7 the latter element being transversely curved upon its upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Seria1 No. 12,160.

surface, or otherwise shaped, as indicated at 8. For a purpose to be described hereinafter, the head? of the anvil4is equipped in its ends with slanting walled notches 9. The side plates 2 of the support 1 are further connected adjacent their upper ends by a combined guide and stop 10, the same comprising a horizontal stop flange 11 and a vertical guiding flange, 12.

The side plates 2 of the support 1 are provided with upstanding lugs 15 in which is mounted to swing a compression member 16, the compression member preferably being provided near to one of its longitudinal edges with trunnions 17 mounted to rock in the lugs 15. In the under face of the compression member 16 there is fashioned a. longitudinal recess 18 which is concaved or otherwise shaped to conform to the transverse curvature 8 of the anvil 4, Fig. 3 being noted at this point. The upper ends of links 19 are pivotally connected as shown at 20 with the ends of the compression member 16. the lower ends of the links being pivotally connected as shown at 21 with the side portions of a U-shaped actuating member or treadle 22 fulcrumed as indicated at 23 upon the side plates 2. In order to fac itate the raising of the treadle 22, a retractile spring 24 may be connected to the treadle and to one of the side plates 2 as shown in Fig. 1.

Adjacent their upper edges, the side plates 2 are provided with guides 25 in which are mounted to reciprocate toward and away from the anvil 4, opposed jaws 26 and 27, the jaws ordinarily being reinforced upon their outer edges by beads 23. Two levers 29 are fulcrumed at 30 near their lower ends upon the side plates 2, the upper ends of the levers 29 being loosely received in eyes 31 on the jaw 26. Fulcrumed intermediate their ends as shown at 32 upon the side plates 2 are levers 33, the upper ends of which are loosely received in eyes 34 on the 27. The levers 29 are operatively connected with the levers 33 by means of longitudinally adjustable connections 35 preferably in the form of turnbuckles, the connections 35 being pivotally united as shown at 36 with the levers 33 below the fulcrums 32 thereof. The upper ends of the connections 35 are pivotally connected as shown at 36 with the levers 29.

Extended across the supporting frame 1 of the machine and journaled in the side plates 2 is a rock shaft 37 equipped with an operating handle 38. It is understood that any mechanical equivalent for the handle 38 may be employed. Secured to the rock shaft 37 to move therewith are crank arms 41. Longitudinally adjustable connections 39, preferably in the form of turnbuckles, are provided, each connection being pivotally united as shown at 40 with one lever 33 and being pivotally united as shown at 40 with one of the crank arms 41.

In order that the operation of the various parts of the machine hereinbefore described may be clearly understood, a consideration of the product is necessary. The batten strip which this machine is adapted to form is delineated in Fig. 5 and ordinarily is made of metal. The batten strip is denoted generally by the numeral 42 and embodies a crown 43, underlying flanges 44, a reduced neck 45 and base flanges 46.

The operation of the machine is as follows, presupposing that the jaws 26 and 27 have been retracted, and that the compression member 16 has been swung upwardly on its pivotal mountings 17, away from the anvil 4.

A strip of metal, cut to a predetermined length, is slid across the head 7 of the anvil, the guiding flange 12 directing one edge of the material downwardly until the same abuts against the stop flange 11. Then the treadle 22 is depressed, the links 19 swinging the compression member 16 downwardly until its recess 18 cooperates with the curved upper face 8 of the head 7 of the anvil 4, as shown in Fig. 3. By this operation, the curved crown 43 of the batten strip shown in Fig. 5 will be fashioned.

The handle 38 is swung downwardly rocking the shaft 37 and swinging the crank arms 41, these latter elements through the instrumentality of the connections 39 imparting movement to the levers 33, and the levers 33 actuating the levers 29 through the medium of the connections 35. WVhen the levers 33 and 39 are operated in the manner hereinbefore set forth, the jaws 26 and 27 will be moved toward each other and will cooperate with the web 6 of the anvil 4, the jaws entering between the lower face of the head 7 of the anvil and the base 5 thereof. Thus, the neck 45 of the batten strip 42 will be formed against the web 6 of the anvil, and the base flanges 46 of the strip will be formed along the upper surface of the base 5 of the anvil.

By reversing the operation above described, the jaws 26 and 27 may be retracted and the compression member 16 may be lifted, whereupon a pair of pliers may be engaged with one end of the completed batten strip 42, the notches 9 in the ends of the head 7 of the anvil 4 permitting the ends of the batten strip to be gripped.

the position of the lever 33 by means of the adjustable connection 35 will change the position of the crank arms 41, the shaft 37 and the handle 38, a proper adjustment to secure the desired position of the handle may be brought about by manipulating the adjustable connections 39 which extend between the crank arms 41 and the lower ends of the levers 33.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device for bending material, a support; an anvil carried thereby; opposed jaws movable on the support toward and away from the sides of the anvil; a compression member pivoted to the support and adapted to be swung down upon the anvil and to be swung back from the anvil to define a material receiving opening at one side of the anvil; and a member comprising a substantially horizontal face acting as a stop for the material when the same is inserted into the opening, the said member having a substantially vertical face located to one side of the opening and adapted to direct the material against the stop-face when the material is inserted into the opening.

2. In a device of the class described, a support; a rock shaft journaled on the support; a crank arm carried by the rock shaft;

levers fulcrumed on the support; a connection between the crank arm and one lever; an adjustable connection between the levers; jaws slidably mounted on the support and. operatively connected with the levers; and an anvil located between the jaws,

3. In a device of the class described, a support; a rock shaft iournaled in the support; a crank arm carried by the rock shaft; a pair of levers fulcrumed on the support; an adjustable connection between the levers; an adjustable connection between one lever and the crank arm; a pair of jaws slidably mounted on the support and operatively connected with the levers; and an anvil located between the jaws.

4. In a-device of the class described, a support; an anvil carried by the support; jaws slidably mounted on the support and. located upon opposite sides of the anvil; means for moving the jaws toward and away from the anvil; a compression member pivoted to the support and adapted to cooperate with the anvil; an actuating member movably mounted on the support; and a link forming an operative connection between the actuating member and the compression member, to move the latter toward and away from the anvil.

5. In a device of the class described, a support embodying sideplates; a rock shaft journaled in the side plates and provided with a handle located between the side plates; a U-shaped lever fulcrumed on the side plates and including an intermediate portion passing beneath the handle; an anvil on the support; opposed jaws cooperating with the anvil; means for operatively connecting the jaws with the rock shaft; a compression member movable with respect to the anvil; and means for operatively connecting the compression member with the lever.

6. In a device of the class described, a support comprising side plates provided adj acent their upper ends with guides; an anvil connecting the sides plates; jaws mounted to slide in the guides and provided with eyes; a lever fulcrumed adjacent one end upon the support and having its other end loosely received in the eye of one jaw; a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends on the support and having one of its ends loosely received in the eye of the other jaw;

a turnbuckle pivotally connected with the second lever below the fulcrum thereof and pivotally connected with the first specified lever above the fulcrum thereof; a rock shaft journaled in the supporting structure; a crank arm carried by the rock shaft; a turnbuckle connecting the crank arm with the second specified lever adjacent the other end of said lever; and a means for operating the rock shaft.

7. In a device of the class described, a support; a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends on the support; a lever fulcrumed adj acent one end on the support; a rock shaft journaled in the support; a crank arm on the rock shaft; a connection between the crank arm and one end of the first specified lever; an anvil on the supporting structure; and opposed jaws coacting with the anvil, the jaws being respectively connected with the other ends of the levers; and a longitudinally extensible connection pivotally connected with the first specified lever below its fulcrum and pivotally connected to the second specified lever above its fulcrum.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. WIANT. Witnesses E. W. SPEAK, L. P. JETER.

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